Superb Restitution Dupondius

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 878. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Divus Augustus. Died AD 14. Æ Dupondius (13.29 g, 5h). Restitution issue. Rome mint. Struck under Titus, AD 80-81. DIVVS • AV-GVSTVS • PATER, radiate head of Augustus left; star above / IMP • T • VESP • AVG • REST, S C across field, Victory, draped, alighting left, holding in right hand a round shield inscribed S P/Q R in two lines. RIC II 189A (Titus); Komnick Type 37.0; BMCRE 266 (Titus); cf. BN 278 (Titus) var. (no star); cf. Cohen 557 var. (same). Superb EF, green patina, a pair of tiny flecks of red, minor traces of smoothing.